[SOLVED] using dd to burn windows iso

iceman81 · 11-26-2015, 08:16 PM

Happy Turkey day everyone

This is probably a dumb question, but can you use dd to put a windows OS to boot usb?

I've done it with linux iso, but wasn't sure there was a problem with the different filesystems.

thanks

Emerson · 11-26-2015, 08:55 PM

dd does not care about filesystems. Another question is whether Windows wants to boot from USB.

John VV · 11-26-2015, 08:57 PM

dd will move a LIVE hibred iso image to a usb

but it will not move a normal installer

use K3B and "burn as image"

rknichols · 11-26-2015, 09:11 PM

I presume you are asking about putting a Windows installer DVD on a USB stick. You can't just copy the ISO to the USB device. You have use a tool that is available from Microsoft, and yes, that means you will need a working version of Windows to run the tool.

Here a a couple of Google hits for "windows usb install" that describe the process:

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...dows-7-usb.htm

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9585/...all-windows-7/

iceman81 · 11-26-2015, 09:43 PM

ok, thanks for the reply, thats what i was trying to figure out. i dual boot fedora/win7, i am trying to stay in linux as much as possible. I can easily switch, but i was trying to do everything i can do in windows in linux.